My First Link-up! Sign up here to receive freebies, deals, and resources!! This post contains my referral link which helps support the work of this site. Here’s my full disclosure policy. Hi Everyone! I have a special treat for you! I am co-hosting this weeks “Home School Link-Up this week! That means you will be able to meet some amazing homeschoolers, educators, and moms right at the end of this post! My new blogger friend, Lisa with Squishable Baby is the fabulous coordinator of these Link-ups. Thanks Lisa! Here we go… Hello Good morning homeschoolers, educators, teachers, friends, family and whomever I’ve missed. Welcome to the 9th homeschool link up hosted by Unschooling Momma and Moi. Last week’s link-up was awesome. I learned a great deal from all of you, and look forward to reading your posts this week! The purpose of this link up is to provide fellow homeschoolers, past homeschoolers, eduction buffs, want to be homeschoolers, parents who want to supplement, or whomever – with a variety of fantastic educational resources. Feel free to link up to 3 education posts. We would love to hear about educational projects, crafts, schedules, curriculum, alternative learning ideas – whatever you like that has to do with the education of our children. Feel free to be creative! This link-up is broad for education. If you have an education related giveaway or education related deals and freebies, please link them up. Here are a few guidelines… Link up any education related post or resources or homeschool project or post – old or new. We will pin our favorites to our homeschool Pinterest board. Let your imagination soar. If you are not a homeschooler and have a craft or project that you might think homeschoolers would benefit from – link up. If you link-up an old “deals” please make sure they are still valid at the time of linking. When linking up, please tweet about the link-up to help us grow. Tweet // When you tweet, please use #homeschoollinkup Grab a button and place it in your sidebar and help us grow! Enjoy the posts of your fellow homeschoolers and education experts! This weeks Blogger feature is Tracy at A Learning Journey Written by Tracy, A Learning Journey is an excellent blog for finding new resources for your homeschool. Last week, wrote about Homeschool Legacy, a shop that offers a variety of unit studies. She conducted a very thorough review and is running a giveaway. Personally, we don’t do a lot of unit study stuff, but I always feel it’s good to try new things. You never know what will work and what the children will enjoy. Definitely check out this product and enter the giveaway! Just click on the graphic, and it will take you to the review and giveaway. Our Cohost – Bekki Follow Bekki Blog YouTube Facebook Pinterest Twitter This week, we have a wonderful giveaway that is being offered by our co-host, Bekki Sayers at A Better Way to Homeschool. Bekki is a veteran homeschool Mom of 14 years, who creates wonderful fun packs and lesson plans for all grade levels. Her blog is a great resource for all homeschoolers. This week she is offering 21 fun and engaging Thanksgiving math activities for Preschool-Grade 1. Enter the rafflecopter below to win this great pack. a Rafflecopter giveaway I am searching for co-hosts in an attempt to grow this link up – if anyone is interested in hosting the homeschool linkup for a week, email me (Lisa) at lisa {at} squishablebaby {dot} com. Without further ado, it’s time to… // Since next week is Thanksgiving, I want to wish you all safe travels – wherever life takes you. I wish you a very happy and healthy Thanksgiving. I will be looking forward to seeing you in two weeks!
Division Games: Fun or Headache? Does the idea of teaching divisibility make you jump for joy or run for cover? I have taught 5th and 6th grade 7 years total now, (3 years in the classroom, plus 4 of my own kids so far) and I can tell you that many kids struggle with the divisibility rules. You now, things like “A number is divisible by 9 if the sum of all the digits equals a number is divisible by 9”. Easy? No? Fear not. These rules are very important when kids need to reduce fractions, so I got creative. I made 14 Divisibility Games and Activity Pack to help you reinforce divisibility. (I am giving a copy away to one of my lucky readers. Enter below) My boys love the pack. Actually, each time I pull out an activity they help me create a new one. We are now up to 14 fun activities:). You can visit my store to get your own copy. It is only on sale until 11/14/2013. Here is my 6th grader doing the color by divisibility activity. He loved that when you colored the numbers a picture emerged. What will you get in this 37 page activity pack? Let me share the table of content with you: Divisibility VocabularyDivisibility Word Search Divisibility Word Search-Key Match the Vocabulary WorksheetMatch the Vocabulary Worksheet-Key Divisibility Rules numbers 2, 5, and 10 Divisibility Rules numbers 3, 4, 9 Divisibility Rules numbers 6, 7, 8 Divisibility Tic Tac Toe Large Color Number Cards for Tic Tac Toe and BINGO!Large B/W Number Cards for Tic Tac Toe and BINGO! Tic Tac Toe Board Divisibility BINGODivisibility BINGO BoardsSmall Bingo Number cards Divisibility Quick Guide/answers for BINGOGraphing the Winner Template-Use with Games Find Hidden Symbol- Divisible by 5Find Hidden Symbol- Divisible by 5-Key Find Hidden Symbol- Divisible by 9 Find Hidden Symbol- Divisible by 9-KeyWhat’s the Divisibility Drill Worksheet What’s the Divisibility Drill-KeyWhat’s Your Divisibility Worksheet What’s Your Divisibility Worksheet Key Divisibility Memory MEMORY CARDS Divisibility Quick Reference Enter to win your copy a Rafflecopter giveaway Can’t wait? Order your instant download at my store.
Meet Discount School Supply I am really excited to introduce you to Discount School Supply! Founder Ron Elliott has the vision “to offer the highest quality products at the lowest possible prices.” What do you need to know? They have over 5,000 amazing products for kids. I’ll show you enough to get you started. Honestly, it is worth a trip to their website every time you need school supplies, children’s toys, or gifts. My kids have always been really into make-believe and role-playing.Look at this cool play station! My Hometown™ Play Space 10 unique interchangeable signs allow children to imagine they are in a bank, ice cream parlour, fruit and veggie stand, pizza shop, barber shop, pet store, grocery store, doctor’s office, fire station, or post office! Arts and Crafts Galore!You name it, they have it. I personally like to keep a healthy supply of arts and crafts materials on hand, but I HATE to spend top dollar for things like construction paper! Construction paper! Colorations® Cup and Tray Tempera Cakes Alphabet Stamping Sticks – Set of 26 (sold as upper case or lower case sets) Excellerations™ Jumbo Lacing Beads – 36 Pieces When you visit Discount School Supply, scroll to the very bottom of the page. In the lower right-hand corner is a list of great free resources for you! “This post was created in partnership with eAccountable and is not officially a part of Discount School Supply or any other DSS brands. All opinions are my own.”
5 EASY Ways to Deal with Homeschool Frustration Inside: Real solutions for the Frustrated homeschooler You woke up ready to rock this homeschool gig. You even had it all together. Until… You find the baby decorated her wall with her diaper contents and your middle schooler needs help with math. You begin to cry. When 5:00 rolls around you look in the mirror and realize the person staring back at you not only looks like she fought a battle and lost but she forgot to plan for dinner… again. So you cry again and pour cold cereal for dinner. I bump into home-school moms all the time who are frustrated.Are you one of them? … Read More »
Meet Melissa and Doug! Meet the Sponsors Monday! I am excited to spotlight Melissa and Doug… I love these guys! Melissa and Doug are real people who got their toy business started in a very humble way. Doug was too embarrassed to ask Melissa to marry him, so he asked her to start a business with him instead. Don’t you just love that? These guys make the kid of toys that grandparents would be proud to see we bought for our kids! High Quality, purposeful, educational and fun! Here are some of my ABSOLUTE FAVORITES! Melissa and Doug Wooden Shape Sorting Clock This is my current favorite!!! What a fun way to allow your children to learn all about the the face of an analogue clock! This multi-sensory clock face has all the fundamental topics you will need to address reading an analogue clock. I love that it even has the “half past”, “quarter past”, and “quart to” phrases! Standard Unit Blocks You have to trust me on this one. Your kids will love plain blocks! This is the opitome of the classic toy. My boys build towers, castles, obstacle courses, and traps using their blocks! Fold and Go Barn Isn’t this the sweetest? My boys have outgrown their play-set days. (I was forced to say that under duress. They will still break out cool toy sets and make believe, especially on rainy days!) Shape Sorting Cube My second oldest son loved this toy when he was a baby! Sturdy, brightly colored, and loads of fun. My kids absolutely LOVED shape sorters. Honestly, I do not think anyone can do much better than Melissa and Doug toys. They are some of the highest Quality toys available for our kids and grandchildren. (No, I do not have grandchildren yet, but someday I will:)) What is your favorite Melissa and Doug Toy?